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Chowbus
Chowbus is a company founded in 2016, operating with 100-200 employees. It appears to be a technology platform, possibly for food ordering or point-of-sale systems, with a focus on serving Chinese and Vietnamese verticals. The company's headquarters are in Chicago, Illinois.
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Chowbus at a glance
Chowbus is a food & beverage company headquartered in United States. It has raised at least $166.3M across the 7 funding rounds on record, 6 of them with a disclosed amount. Its most recent funding round raised $56.3M in February 2026. Xcout tracks 8 named people at Chowbus, including Linxin Wen (President). Xcout recorded 328 job postings from Chowbus in the last 90 days, naming tools such as Salesforce, HubSpot, Tableau.
Chowbus leadership
- Linxin WenPresident
- Jonathan FanExecutive Officer
- Linxin WenExecutive Officer
- Suyu ZhangExecutive Officer
- Harley MillerDirector
- Mark LawrenceDirector
2 more named people on record for Chowbus, with roles, board committees and tenure — see the full roster →
Chowbus funding rounds
At least $166.3M raised across the 7 rounds on record (6 with a disclosed amount). The 6 most recent:
| Date | Round | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEC Form D filing | $56.3M | — | |
| SEC Form D filing | $20M | — | |
| SEC Form D filing | $16.2M | — | |
| SEC Form D filing | $15.2M | — | |
| SEC Form D filing | Undisclosed | — | |
| SEC Form D filing | $30M | — |
Who invested in each round, lead investors, valuations and the co-investor graph — open the full funding history →
Hiring at Chowbus
Xcout recorded 328 job postings from Chowbus in the last 90 days, from a hiring record Xcout has kept since June 2026.
Tools named in Chowbus's job postings
The weekly hiring trend, the roles and locations behind it — see Chowbus's hiring signals →
Hiring vs the trend
Based on 89 job postings in the last 8 weeks (10 Aug – 4 Oct 2026), compared with 126 scale-up consumer cyclical companies.
This describes a hiring pattern — how often Chowbus’s job postings ask for AI skills, and how that changed against the previous 8 weeks, ranked among its peers. It says nothing about the company’s products or performance.
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Chowbus competitors
A few of Chowbus's closest competitors — see the full list of competitors and alternatives →
Ordermark, Inc. is a technology company headquartered in Los Angeles, California, that provides online ordering and restaurant management solutions. In 2020, the company launched Nextbite, a virtual restaurant platform designed to help restaurants offer delivery-only menus. It operates primarily within the restaurant tech and food delivery market in the United States.
OrderB4 is a cloud-based SaaS platform and multi-brand operating system designed for virtual brands, ghost kitchens, and restaurants to manage online orders and deliveries. Founded in 2019 and based in Austin, Texas, the company operates as part of FourBurner Technologies.
ChowNow, Inc. is an online food ordering and marketing platform founded in 2011 with headquarters in Los Angeles, California, that connects independent restaurants with diners.
Minitable Tech Holding Inc. provides a digital front-of-house platform for restaurants, featuring waitlist management, reservation systems, AI-powered hosts, and table ordering tools. The company serves food service businesses seeking to streamline customer flow, communication, and daily operations.
Checkmate AI Holdings, Inc. provides a technology platform and ordering solutions designed for restaurants and enterprise brands. The company offers tools for digital menu boards, web and app ordering, catering management, self-service kiosks, loyalty marketing, and third-party delivery integrations. Additionally, its platform helps restaurants manage financial reporting, streamline operations, and reduce order errors and refund disputes.
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More on Chowbus in Xcout Intel
- 8 named people with titles, LinkedIn and board committees
- 7 funding rounds with the investors in each, and who they co-invest with
- Weekly hiring history and the mix of roles behind it
- The full competitor set, tracking, exports and API access